Replies to post #3435 on Adult Political Discussion

[SoxFan]

How could he think a vet with two tours in vietnam and multiple metals think the public would buy those smears when the person he was running against needed his daddy to get him into the Nat Guard when he didn;t show up the last two years because they starting testing pilots for drugs. Naturally he was wrong and Obama used his reaction as en example and set up a great website to fight the typical right wing smears.

I really didn't like him in a wet suit when he pimped with his windserfer. That's what really lost it for him

[poorgradstudent]

Regardless of my feelings for Kerry...

The one advantage of someone like him is that his aspirations for the presidency have evaporated. He handily won his senate seat and is locked in for another 6.

So he is in a position where he can be aggressive with little to lose.

The swift boat thing was unique, imo. It wasn't a political challenge, but rather a classless personal affair that could *never* be addressed in a satisfactory way. I think handling actual foreign affairs would be completely different.

The "nothing to lose" clause also comes into play for McCain as well, provided he abandons 2008 maverick and returns to 2000 maverick. He has a good chance of winning his senate seat again, and is done running for president.